Loretta Weinberg was born February 6, 1935, in New York. She graduated from the University of California with a bachelor of arts degree in history and political science and has completed all coursework for a master of arts degree in public administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She married her late husband, Irwin Weinberg, in 1961, and they had two children: Daniel, born in 1962, and Francine, born in 1963. Loretta now has two grandchildren: Shayna Iris, born in 2003, and Jonah Benjamin, born in 2005.
Career
Statistics
TOTAL NUMBER OF BILLS SIGNED INTO LAW FROM 1992 TO
2005: 90
TOTAL NUMBER OF PRIME SPONSORED BILLS SIGNED INTO
LAW FROM 1992 TO 2005: 50
TOTAL NUMBER OF CO-PRIME SPONSORED BILLS SIGNED
INTO LAW FROM 1992 TO 2005: 40
TOTAL NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS FILED WITH SECRETARY OF
STATE FROM 1992 TO 2005: 22
TOTAL NUMBER OF PRIME SPONSORED RESOLUTIONS FILED
WITH SECRETARY OF STATE FROM 1992 TO 2005:
18
TOTAL NUMBER OF CO-PRIME SPONSORED RESOLUTIONS
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE FROM 1992 TO 2005:
4
TOTAL NUMBER OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS FILED WITH
SECRETARY OF STATE FROM 1992 TO 2005:
3
TOTAL NUMBER OF CO-PRIME SPONSORED CONCURRENT
RESOLUTIONS FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE FROM 1992
TO 2005: 3
TOTAL NUMBER OF BILLS, RESOLUTIONS AND CONCURRENT
RESOLUTIONS SIGNED INTO LAW OR FILED WITH SECRETARY
OF STATE FROM 1992 TO 2005: 113
TOTAL NUMBER OF PRIME SPONSORED BILLS AND
RESOLUTIONS SIGNED INTO LAW OR FILED WITH SECRETARY
OF STATE FROM 1992 TO 2005: 66
TOTAL NUMBER OF CO-PRIME SPONSORED BILLS,
RESOLUTIONS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS SIGNED INTO
LAW OR FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE FROM 1992 TO
2005: 46
Loretta's
Senate Legislative Chart
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2008-2009
S91
Provides in-network benefits to patient with
disability for services provided by out-of-network
provider under certain circumstance.
S92
Requires the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners
maintain minutes of meetings; provides Governor
veto over minutes.
S93
Allows tax credit to health care professionals for
expenses to achieve accessibility for persons with
mobility impairments.
S94
Provides enhanced penalties for drunk drivers with
blood alcohol concentration of 0.17% or greater.
S95
Revises the definition of nonpublic school to
include preschools under chapter 192 and chapter
193 State aid programs for nonpublic students.
S96
Permits physicians to earn continuing medical
education credits by providing free medical care to
low-income, uninsured patients.
S97
"State Authorities Reform Act."
S98
Provides for gubernatorial appointment without
requiring advice and consent of Senate for teenage
members of Advisory Council on Adolescent
Pregnancy.
S99
Requires DHSS licensure of surgical practices
S100
Requires DOC to transfer certain payments of
restitution to VCCB.
S101
Requires medical examiner to contact next-of-kin in
case of certain deaths.
S102
Prohibits person from serving as officer of more
than two political campaign committees.
S103
Requires local government officer to file financial
disclosure statement within 30 days of taking
office.
S104
Increases contribution limit by counties and
municipalities to volunteer first aid, ambulance,
and rescue squads.
S105
Establishes "Domestic Violence Health Care Response
Act."
S106
Clarifies goal of domestic violence public
awareness campaign pertaining to risk factors;
requires public awareness notices include language
used by substantial segments of local populations.
S107
Directs the Division on Women to conduct an audit
of the coordination of community responses to
domestic violence.
S108
Adds two members to NJ Commission on American
Indian Affairs
S109
Establishes NJ Native American Burial Ground
Preservation Task Force.
S110
Revises criminal history record check process
undergone by public and nonpublic school employees
and school bus drivers.
S111
Requires employees of adoption agencies
specializing in foreign adoptions to undergo
criminal history record background and child abuse
record information checks.
S112
Enacts the "Civil Marriage and Religious Protection
Act."
S113
Requires insurers and State health care coverage
programs to cover cost of HPV vaccine and
establishes public awareness campaign about HPV.
S114
Requires managed care plans to pay health care
claims based on assignment of benefits
S115
Requires governmental affairs agents to disclose on
notice of representation form compensation amount
received from State or local government entities;
requires notice to be posted on Internet site of
Election Law Enforcement Commission.
S230
Provides that reports and publications produced by
State be primarily available on Internet, provides
for notice of availability of reports and
publications.
Laws of which Loretta is Co-Prime Sponsor
S161
Co-Prime: Allen
Provides that a homestead owner who is 65 years of
age or older or disabled shall not receive a
homestead rebate of less than $1,440.
S373
Co-Prime: Gill
Creates the Office on Women's Research and Policy
and appropriates $150,000.
S469
Co-prime: Buono
Requires certain health care facilities to adopt
certain infection control strategies
S565
Co-Prime: Sweeney
Permits revised methods of treatment for
chiropractors and establishes continuing education
requirements.
S619
Co-Prime: Vitale
Creates presumption regarding disability pension
and workers compensation eligibility for public
employees and emergency personnel participating in
World Trade Center operations; requires
Commissioner of Health and Senior Services to
develop health registry and screenings.
S621
Co-prime: Vitale
Revises appointment process for members of NJ
Collaborating Center for Nursing board and
dedicates portion of nurse licensing fee to support
center.
S622
Co-Prime: Vitale
Extends, by three years, the collection of annual
surcharges for the Medical Malpractice Liability
Insurance Premium Assistance Fund.
S653
Co-prime: Sarlo
Establishes certain standards for the sale of State
surplus real property.
BILLS,
RESOLUTIONS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS SIGNED INTO
LAW OR FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE FROM 1992
TO 2007
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2007
2007-First
Prime
SJR68
P.L.2007, JR-15.
Weinberg/Karcher
Urges Congress to enact "Employee Free Choice Act."
S2949
P.L.2007, c.301
Weinberg/Scutari
Changes deadline for voter-verified paper record of
votes cast on voting machines to June 3, 2008.
S2489 (A3517)
P.L.2007, c.216
Weinberg/Sarlo
Provides for religious accommodation regarding
admission procedures at licensed health care
facilities.
S2488 (A3451)
P.L.2007, c.325
Weinberg/Sarlo
Makes it unlawful to discriminate against employees
because of religious practices.
S2490
P.L.2007, c.286
Weinberg/Kean
“Billy's Law"; requires DCF and DHS to establish
regulations for out-of-State placements in
residential schools and programs
S2381 (A2761)
P.L.2007, c.235.
Weinberg
Changes criteria for eligibility to receive limited
teaching certificates in dental schools.
S2377 (A3513)
P.L.2007, c.215.
Weinberg
Mandates alternate testing dates because of days of
religious observance for certain applicants seeking
licensure.
S2255
P.L.2007, c.279
Weinberg
“Patricia's Law;" model Missing Persons
Legislation.
S1519
P.L.2007, c.256
Weinberg/Coniglio
Permits county board of taxation to extend
municipality's filing deadline for assessment
appeals for any year in which revaluation is
implemented.
S-695
P.L. 2007 c. 7.
Weinberg / Bucco
Permits each municipality to set amount of dog
license fee.
S2419
P.L. 2007 c. 86
Weinberg
Permits short-term tax exemption or abatement for
houses improved to accommodate totally disabled
persons when reconstruction
volunteer labor.
S-2294
P.L. 2007 c.38.
Weinberg/ McKeon
Extends deadline for authorization to make grants
from the “Wastewater Treatment Fund” for certain
projects listed in P.L. 2005, c.301
SJR42
P.L. 2007 JR-!
Weinberg
May of each year “Adult Onset Disability Month”
S2286
P.L. 2007 c. 134.
Weinberg/Karcher
Requires distributing information about HPV to
parents and guardians of seven to twelfth graders.
S690
P.L. 2007 c 169
Weinberg /Karcher
Establishes Asperger’s Syndrome Pilot Initiative
S698
P.L. 2007 c 168
Weinberg/Vitale
Makes changes concerning Governor’s council for
Medical Research and Treatment of Autism.
S2558
P.L. 2007 c. 171
Weinberg/Karcher
Requires candidates for teaching certificates and
current teachers to receive instruction in autism
awareness and methods of teaching students with
autism.
S2559
P.L. 2007 c. 173
Weinberg/Karcher
Establishes New Jersey Adults with autism Task
Force.
S2568
P.L. 2007 c. 172
Weinberg/ Karcher
Concerns Early Intervention program Services from
children with autism.
S2569
P.L. 2007 c. 174
Weinberg/ Coniglio
Extends funding for autism medical research and
treatment.
2007 - Co-Prime
SR20
Filed with Secretary of State
Singer / Weinberg
Commends Director of Division of Investment for
investing state assets in State of Israel bonds;
urges further investment in such bonds. Resolutions
and concurrent Resolutions filed w/Sec. of State.
S843
P.L.2007, c.269.
Bark/Madden/Weinberg
Requires certain State buildings to be designed and
managed to meet high performance green building
standards. *
S2975
P.L.2007, c.303
Buono/Weinberg
Revises laws concerning hate crimes and bullying;
establishes Commission on Bullying in Schools.
S2847 A(4025)
P.L.2007, c.329
Doria/Weinberg
Creates new alcoholic beverage license for
facilities that teach winemaking
S2704 (A4218)
P.L.2007, c.218
Codey/Weinberg
Requires health care providers to test pregnant
women for HIV as part of routine prenatal care
unless woman refuses testing, and requires testing
of certain newborns for HIV.
S1956 (A909)
P.L.2007, c.210
Vitale/Weinberg
Prohibits product testing with traditional animal
test methods if federally recommended alternative
test method exists, with certain exceptions; and
provides for injunctive relief for violations.
S1758
P.L.2007, c.225.
Vitale/Weinberg
Safe Patient Handling Act"; requires health care
facilities to establish safe patient handling
programs.
S1523 (A868)
P.L.2007, c.248.
Turner/Weinberg
Requires school districts to notify DYFS of certain
pupil absences.
S2401
P.L. 2007. c 74
Sarlo/ Weinberg
Requires hospital trustees to undergo training
approved by DHSS.
S2043
P.L. 2007. c. 74
Sarlo/Weinberg
“The Cigarette Fire Safety and Firefighter
Protection Act.”
S218
P.L. 2007 c.95
Karcher / Weinberg
Revises and updates statues governing compensation
for victims of crime
S1662
P.L. 2007 c. 160
Martin/ Weinberg
Requires Office of Legislative Services to make
complete voting records of legislators available to
the public in electronic form.
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2006
2006-First Prime
S1789 (A1550)
P.L.2006, c.54
Weinberg/Sarlo
Establishes that "45-day" rule applies to
corrections officers, sheriff's officers, New
Jersey Transit police officers and paid
firefighters.
S-2407
P.L. 2006, c.103
Weinberg / Codey
Revises the marriage laws; establishes civil
unions; establishes the “New Jersey Civil Union
Review Commission.
S-685
P.L. 2006, c.59
Weinberg
The “Raincheck Policy Disclosure Act.”
S-1642 (a2823)
Weinberg
“Independence, Dignity and Choice in Long-Term Care
Act”; reallocates State long-term care
expenditures.
2006- Co Prime
A4075 (S1990)
P.L.2006, c.37.
Lesniak/Weinberg
Raises cigarette tax rate 17 1/2 cents per pack,
changes tobacco products wholesale sales tax on
moist snuff to weight-based tax and increases
revenue dedication for Health Care Subsidy Fund
S-1959
P.L.2006, c.70
Codey / Weinberg
Renames "Open Public Meetings Act" in honor of
Senator Byron M. Baer
A-1550 (s1768)
P.L.2006, c.54
Steele / Weinberg
Establishes that "45-day" rule applies to
corrections officers, sheriff's officers, New
Jersey Transit police officers and paid
firefighters.
A-2823 (S-1642)
P.L.2006, c.23.
Whelan / Weinberg
"Independence, Dignity and Choice in Long-Term Care
Act"; reallocates State long-term care
expenditures.
S -1478
P.L.2006, c.11.
Vitale / Weinberg
Creates position of First Assistant child Advocate
and provides that either child Advocate or First
Assistant be an attorney.
2005-Resolutions
SR 31
Filed w/ Secretary of State
Doria / Weinberg
Designates May 19 through May 25, 2006 as "Genocide
Awareness Week."
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2005
2005-First Prime
A-1986
P.L.2005, c.305
Weinberg/Gordon
Creates the “New Jersey Health Care Access Study
Commission.”
A-1922
P.L.2005, c.304
Weinberg/Greenstein
Amends the State's guardianship law.
A-4071
P.L.2006, c.280
Weinberg/Voss
Establishes Task Force on Cancer Prevention, Early
Detection and Treatment in New Jersey.
A-3846
P.L.2006, c. 279
Weinberg/Gordon
Establishes "Task Force on Health Care Professional
Responsibility and Reporting."
A-3501
P.L. 2005, c.222
Weinberg/Vitale
Emergency Health Powers Act.
A-330
P.L. 2005, c.198
Weinberg/Johnson
Requires State Treasurer to provide long term care
insurance plan for local public employers to offer
to employees and retirees at own expense.
A-3803
P.L. 2005, c.133
Weinberg/Connors
Provides for educational requirements for planning
and zoning board members.
A-3765
P.L. 2005, c.111
Weinberg/Caraballo
Requires DHSS to establish special Medicaid
admission criteria for long-term care facilities
that serve HIV/AIDS patients.
A-3354
P.L. 2005, c.176
Weinberg/Chivukula
Requires reporting of all cases of severe
hyperbilirubinemia to DHSS. *
A-2976
P.L. 2005, c.172
Weinberg/Manzo
Requires carriers that cover behavioral health care
services to disclose certain information to their
insureds.
A-1925
P.L. 2005, c.171
Weinberg/Cohen
May require child support to continue past
emancipation if the child has a severe mental or
physical incapacity which causes the child to be
financially dependent on a parent. *
A-1988
P.L. 2005, c.98
Weinberg/Johnson
Establishes post-polio sequelae public awareness
campaign.
A-3534
P.L. 2005, c.82
Weinberg/Vitale
Establishes Alternative to Discipline Program for
impaired nurses through NJ Board of Nursing
A-3533
P.L. 2005, c.83
Weinberg/Vitale
Health Care Professional Responsibility and
Reporting Enhancement Act Aka “Nurse Cullin” bill
A-1838
P.L. 2005, c.85
Weinberg/Johnson
"Cigarette Sales Act; " facilitates collection of
taxes on retail sales of cigarettes shipped from
outside this State.
A-1992
P.L. 2005, c.81
Weinberg/Previte
Provides same force and effect in NJ for adoptions
of children born and adopted in foreign countries
as for adoptions in other states.
A-1985
P.L. 2005, c.48
Weinberg/Vandervalk
Permits physician assistants to prescribe
controlled dangerous substances.
A-303
P.L. 2005, c.26
Weinberg/Vandervalk
Requires DHSS to distribute fact sheet on nut
allergies and conduct public information campaign
about food allergies; appropriates $250,000.
2005-Co-Prime
A-3759
P.L.2005, c.375.
Cohen/Johnson/Weinberg
Requires health insurers and SHBP providing
dependent coverage to provide for election of
coverage by certain dependents until their 30th
birthday.
S-2824 (A-3496)
P.L.2005, c.352
Vitale/Buono/Cohen/Weinberg
"Health Claims Authorization, Processing and
Payment Act."
A-3429
P.L.2005, c.331
Adler/Gill/Weinberg
Provides that surviving domestic partner would have
the same intestacy rights as a surviving spouse and
would have authority to make funeral arrangements.
S-1926 (A-3730)
P.L.2006, c.383
Adler/Kean/Weinberg
"New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act"; prohibits smoking
in indoor public places and workplaces.
A-1991
P.L.2006, c.318
Buono/Sweeney/Weinberg
Allows corporation business tax and gross income
tax credits to businesses providing employment to
qualified handicapped persons at sheltered
workshops.
A-2739
P.L.2006, c.315
Coniglio/Weinberg
Provides for discharge of obligation to repay
grants to owners of underground storage tanks under
certain circumstances.
A-3013
P.L.2006, c.271
Greenstein/Weinberg
Permits units of local government to limit award of
public contracts to business entities that make
political contributions; requires certain business
entities to file annual disclosure statement
A-292
P.L. 2005, c.251.
Vitale/Allen/Buono/ Turner/ Vandervalk/ Weinberg
Requires insurers that provide outpatient
prescription drug benefits and State Health
Benefits Program to cover costs of prescription
female contraceptives.
A-3960
P.L. 2005, c.156
Codey/Weinberg
Authorizes State Medical Examiner to participate in
research concerning sudden death in infancy and
early childhood.
A-3724
P.L. 2005, c.55
Morgan/Weinberg
"Family Health Care Coverage Act"; reestablishes NJ
FamilyCare Program, expands eligibility for
Medicaid program for parents and adults without
dependent children and provides for pharmaceutical
manufacturer rebates for GA program. *
A-4318
P.L. 2005, c.187
Rice/Van Drew/Weinberg
Appropriates $26,743,525 from "Garden State Green
Acres Preservation Trust Fund" for grants to
certain nonprofit entities to acquire or develop
lands for recreation and conservation purposes.
A-779
P.L. 2005, c.55
Gusciora/Weinberg
Changes laws governing financial liability for
patients in psychiatric facilities and eliminates
institutional liens for persons treated at State
and county psychiatric facilities.
A-1500
P.L. 2005, c.51
Greenstein/Panter/Weinberg
Prohibits campaign contributions by business
entities seeking or holding State contracts in
certain circumstances.
A-1727
P.L. 2005, c.21
Thompson/Weinberg
Requires hospitals and nursing homes to compile and
provide certain staffing information to the public.
2005-Resolutions
AJR-71
P.L. 2005, c.JR5
Weinberg/Johnson
Designates Cannonball Trail Pedestrian Bridge in
Ramapo Mountain State Forest as "Frank Oliver
Pedestrian Bridge."
AR-218
Weinberg/Voss
Honors the accomplishments of Elizabeth Cady
Stanton.
AR-254
Weinberg/Quigley
Designates March 2005 as “Women’s History Month” in
NJ
AJR-74
P.L. 2005, c.JR4
Weinberg/Smith
Designates March 6 in each year as "Cystic Fibrosis
Awareness Day."
AJR – 76
P.L.2005, JR-7.
Weinberg/Greenstein
Designates month of October in each year as "Breast
Cancer Awareness Month."
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2004
2004 - PRIME SPONSOR
A-337
P.L.2004, c.105
Weinberg/Johnson
Requires N.J. Firemen's Association to pay death
benefits to members employed as law enforcement
officers who die in terrorist attack.
A-354
P.L.2004, c.99
Weinberg/Johnson
Permits appointment of up to four alternate members
to municipal zoning boards of adjustment.
A-1911
P.L.2004, c.41
Weinberg/Manzo
Requires health care providers to offer parents of
infants option to screen for disorders for which
State does not require screening.
A-2979
P.L.2004, c.111
Weinberg/Johnson
Makes certain changes to procedures governing the
New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust
Financing Program.
A-3113
P.L.2004, c.67
Weinberg
Increases the cigarette tax by 45 cents per pack.
2004 - CO-PRIME SPONSOR
S-1078
P.L.2004, c.122
Vitale/Madden/Weinberg
Expands duties performed by advanced practice
nurses.
A-3450
P.L.2004, c.153
Vitale/Weinberg
Authorizes DHSS to reallocate flu vaccine to
high-risk persons
A-2261
P.L.2004, c.86
Voss/Greenstein/Weinberg
Requires insurers and SHBP to cover mammograms for
women under 40 under certain circumstances.
A-2
S-2
P.L.2004, c.19
Kenny/Weinberg
Prohibits campaign contributions by certain
business entities performing State, county and
local contracts; prohibits certain contributions by
county committee of political party.
A-2259
P.L.2004, c.8
Smith/Weinberg
Clarifies sentencing provisions for certain drunk
driving offenses.
A-2214
P.L.2004, c.9
Vitale/Girgenti/Weinberg
"Patient Safety Act"; establishes medical error
reporting system.
A-342
P.L.2004, c.148
Adler/Gill/Weinberg
Concerns notice of worker rights under the
"Conscientious Employee Protection Act" to certain
employees. *
A-50
P.L.2004, c.17
Roberts/Cohen/Weinberg
"New Jersey Medical Care Access and Responsibility
and Patients First Act."
2004 - Resolutions
ACR-209
Greenwald/Quigley/ Weinberg
Approves the New Jersey Building Authority project
entitled "Public Health, Environmental and
Agricultural Laboratories."
AR-81
Johnson/Weinberg
Designates June 2004 "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Awareness Month" in New Jersey.
AR-129
Weinberg/Caraballo/Manzo
Memorializes federal Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention to approve application by UMDNJ for
grant to establish Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Research Center.
AR-103
Weinberg/
Vandervalk/Voss/Greenstein/Cruz-Perez
Designates March 2004 as "Women's History Month" in
New Jersey.
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2003
2003-PRIME
SPONSOR
A-682
P.L.2003, c.314
Weinberg/Ahearn
Reduces blood alcohol level at which a person is
considered to be guilty of drunk driving from 0.10%
to 0.08%.
A-689
P.L.2003, c.41
Weinberg/Doria
Prohibits insurers from discriminating against
insureds on the basis of domestic violence.
A-712
P.L.2003, c.281
Weinberg/
Greenstein
Concerns errors in estimating income for certain
programs for aged and disabled persons.
A-1947
P.L.2003, c.311
Weinberg/Stanley/Payne/Tucker
Establishes lead-safe housing grant and loan
program and registry plan; makes appropriations.
A-1616
P.L.2003, c.27
Weinberg/Johnson
Requires employer prior notification to employees
if health benefits coverage is terminated and
insurer prior notification to employer of premium
increase.
A-1897
P.L.2003, c.250
Weinberg/Quigley
Provides procedures for payment to out-of-network
dentists when covered person receives payment
directly from dental insurer.
A-2465
P.L.2003, c.69
Weinberg
Clarifies the exemption from advertising of annual
extensions of pupil transportation contracts.
A-2601
P.L.2003, c.144
Weinberg/Ahearn/ Wisniewski
Establishes Autism Medical Research and Treatment
Fund.
A-3079
P.L.2003, c.25
Weinberg/Sarlo
Concerns certain tobacco product manufacturers
A-3534
P.L.2003, c.303
Weinberg/Conaway
Establishes New Jersey Obesity Prevention Task
Force.
A-3708
P.L.2003, c.112
Weinberg
Establishes Hospital Care Payment Commission and NJ
Hospital Care Payment Fund for collection of
certain hospital bad debts.
A-3743
P.L.2003, c.246
Weinberg/Watson Coleman/ McKeon/Roberts/
Impreveduto
"Domestic Partnership Act"; establishes domestic
partnerships.
A-3774
P.L.2003, c.180
Weinberg/Johnson
Amends Law Against Discrimination to provide
substantially same protections against
discrimination as provided under Federal Fair
Housing Act.
2003-CO-PRIME SPONSOR
A-915
P.L.2003, c.96
Edwards/Weinberg
New Jersey Health Care Consumer Information Act.
A-2293
P.L.2003, c. 4
Watson Coleman/ Gusciora/Ahearn/ Cohen/Weinberg
Provides for mandatory participation in school
breakfast program for certain schools.
A-2444
P.L.2003, c.294
Roberts/Greenwald/Vandervalk/Weinberg
Requires Medicaid coverage of HIV drug resistance
testing.
A-2491
P.L.2003, c.201
Wisniewski/Weinberg
Modifies governance of Human Relations Council.
A-2519
P.L.2003, c.49
Russo/Weinberg
Validates certain marriages solemnized by persons
who were not authorized to solemnize marriages.
A-2558
P.L.2003, c.47
Heck/Weinberg
Establishes Jewish Heritage Trail Study Commission.
A-2586
P.L.2003, c.225
Watson Coleman/Weinberg
Establishes Domestic Violence Fatality and Near
Fatality Review Board in Department of Community
Affairs.
A-3137
P.L.2003, c.193
Roberts/Weinberg/Vandervalk
Establishes the Mandated Health Benefits Advisory
Commission.
2003 - Resolutions
AR-50
Cohen/Weinberg
Constitutes the Assembly Banking and Insurance, and
Health and Human Services Committees as a special
committee to investigate business practices and
financial activities of certain medical malpractice
insurers; confers subpeona powers; adds Speaker as
chair.
AR-259
Weinberg/ Vandervalk/ Watson Coleman/ Heck
Designates March 2003 as Womens History Month in
New Jersey.
AR-265
Weinberg/Johnson/ Munoz/Conaway
Designates April 2003 as Autism Awareness Month in
New Jersey.
AR-279
Friscia/Weinberg
Designates May 2003 as Womens Heart Health Month.
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2002
PRIME SPONSOR
A-700
P.L.2002, c.130
Weinberg/Ahearn
Imposes restrictions on future retail sales of
handguns; mandates sales of personalized handguns
when found available for retail sales purposes.
A-701
P.L.2002, c.81
Weinberg/ Vandervalk
Requires that home care services providers give
advance information to patients about their
employees training.
A-710
P.L.2002, c.82
Weinberg/Cottrell
Prohibits discrimination by landlords against
tenants based on source of income or age of
children under Law Against Discrimination.
A-1751
P.L.2002, c.121
Weinberg/Johnson
Clarifies responsibility of county to pay burial
costs of indigent, unidentified or unclaimed
deceased persons.
A-1753
P.L.2002, c.88
Weinberg/Caraballo
Provides that marriage license applications and
marriage licenses shall not contain information on
race.
A-2005
P.L.2002, c.8
Weinberg/Quigley
Uses New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing
Authority reserves to fund hospital charity care.
A-2007
P.L.2002, c.5
Weinberg/Steele
Concerns calculation of Second Injury Fund
surcharges.
A-2504
P.L.2002, c.33
Weinberg
Increases the cigarette tax by 70 cents per pack.
2002-CO-PRIME SPONSOR
A-1888
P.L.2002, c.58
Greenwald/Weinberg
Requires hepatitis B vaccinations for high school
students and new full-time students at institutions
of higher education.
A-2589
P.L.2002, c.55
Sires/Weinberg/Cohen/ DAmato
Requires medical malpractice insurers to provide
certain information to DOBI concerning physicians,
podiatrists and nurses they insure.
A-2727
P.L.2002, c.116
Ahearn/Weinberg
Establishes New Jersey Collaborating Center for
Nursing.
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2001
A-1050
P.L.2001, c. 403
Weinberg/Zisa
Increases contribution limit by counties and
municipalities to volunteer first aid, ambulance
and rescue squads.
A-2452
P.L.2001, c.415
Weinberg/Gill
Business Incentive for the Neighborhood
Revitalization Tax Credit Act.
A-2548
P.L.2001, c.80
Weinberg/Zisa
Permits municipalities to enact ordinances
requiring owners of certain multiple dwellings to
have emergency evacuation plans.
A-2868
P.L.2001, c.376
Weinberg/ Vandervalk
Establishes the Office on Womens Health in DOH.
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2000
A-1995
P.L.2000, c.134
Weinberg/Cohen
Designates portion of State Highway Route No. 82 as
the Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway;
appropriates $2,500.
A-2533
P.L.2000, c.174
Weinberg/Zisa
Creates the offense of endangering an injured
victim.
A-324
P.L.2000, c.20
Vandervalk/Heck/ Weinberg
Requires criminal history record checks for all
certified nurse aides, personal care assistants and
homemaker-home health aides; requires plan for
similar checks to be conducted on other providers
of home.
A-1984
P.L.2000, c.43
Vandervalk/Weinberg
Supplemental appropriation of $99,000 to DHSS for
grant to HealthDecisions New Jersey to support New
Jersey Comfort Care Coalition.
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1998-1999
A-781
P.L.1999, c.73
Weinberg/Cohen
Changes retreat doctrine regarding use of deadly
force with respect to victims of domestic violence
assailed by cohabitant spouses or cohabitant
household members in a shared dwelling.
A-1354
P.L.1999, c.312
Murphy/Weinberg
Establishes Intergenerational Child Care Incentive
Pilot Program.
A-2055
P.L.1999, c.361
Zisa/Weinberg
Establishes Prostate Cancer Awareness, Education
and Research Program in DHSS; appropriates $1
million.
A-3269
P.L.1999, c.149
Heck/Weinberg
Authorizes the electronic processing of motor
vehicle transactions.
AR-58
Weinberg/ Weingarten
Memorializes President and Congress to enact the
Justice for Holocaust Survivors Act.
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1996-1997
A-202
P.L.1997, c.24
Weinberg/Zisa
Requires nursing home to provide copy of contract
to resident upon admission.
A-2312
P.L.1997, c.229
Weinberg/ Vandervalk
Establishes Advisory Council on Adolescent
Pregnancy; appropriates $95,000.
A-691
P.L.1997, c.257
Zisa/Weinberg
Creates New Jersey Human Relations Council to
address problems of bias and violent acts.
A-701
P.L.1997, c.374
Zisa/Weinberg
Requires interior light of motor vehicle be turned
on when stopped by police at night.
A-1889
P.L.1997, c.156
Quigley/Weinberg
Requires clinical laboratories to bill recipients
of services directly.
ACR-56
Corodemus/ Weinberg
Amends Constitution to dedicate 4% of Corporation
Business Tax revenue to fund hazardous discharge
cleanup, underground storage tank improvements, and
surface water quality projects.
AR-21
Weinberg/Wright
Memorializes Congress to fund acquisition of
Sterling Forest in southern NY for preservation and
management as a park by the Palisades Interstate
Park Commission.
AR-54
Weinberg/ Vandervalk
Declares March 4-9, 1996, as Dental Assistants
Recognition Week.
AR-62
Weinberg/Zisa
Extends condolences to the families of Sara Duker
and Matthew Eisenfeld who were killed by terrorist
violence in Jerusalem.
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1994-1995
A-531
Weinberg/Stuhltrager
Revises law relating to selection and impaneling of
juries.
A-534
Weinberg/Haytaian
Provides for reclassification of Superintendent and
Assistant Superintendent of Palisades Interstate
Park Commission to State unclassified service.
A-538
Weinberg/Heck
Denies custody and visitation to a person who
fathers a child through rape.
A-2224
Doria/Haytaian
Requires health insurers to provide 48 hours
in-patient care or 96 hours in case of cesarean
section, following delivery for mother and newly
born child under certain circumstances.
AMENDMENT
(Weinberg/Heck)
Eliminates requirement that 48 hours in-patient
care or 96 hours in case of cesarean section,
following delivery for mother and newly born child,
be medically necessary.
A-286
Heck/Weinberg
Revises the statute concerning domestic violence.
A-465
Pascrell/Weinberg
Requires DOH to prepare an annual report on bottled
water testing.
AR-180
Weinberg/Heck
Urges Commissioners of Health and Insurance to
investigate health insurer contracts that pay
hospitals for maternity care on per-care, rather
than per-diem, basis.
AR-101
Zisa/Weinberg
Assembly Resolution on behalf of Fort Lee residents
requesting light glare reduction from Riverbank
State Park, New York City.
ACR-28
Heck/Weinberg
Requests the New Jersey Supreme Court to develop a
one year pilot program in Bergen County creating a
model uniform system of handling domestic violence
matters.
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1992-1993
A-38
Heck/Weinberg
Re-enacts statutes dealing with removal of judges
from office for cause.
A-1405
Haines/Weinberg
Concerns approval of training programs for
individuals receiving UI benefits.